URI’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is a musical comedy with a big bite - It’s scary when fiction syncs up so snuggly with real life. But with the recent solar eclipse, we are fittingly ready for an alien invasion from a highly invasive, man-eating plant.- URI students perform in student-led theater show at University’s Will Theatre - “A Day In The Garden” is an original production written, produced, directed, and performed solely by URI students, and the play is free and open to the public.
URI theatre to stage Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ - First performed around 1606, “Macbeth” is the story of the brave Scottish general Macbeth, who chances on a prophecy from three witches that he will one day become king of Scotland. 
URI Theatre goes back to high school for the dark comedy ‘Speech & Debate’ - Set in the early 2000s, “Speech & Debate” follows three high school misfits in the conservative community of Salem, Oregon, as they form a speech and debate club to expose a sex scandal within their school. 
URI Theatre opens season with contemporary look at Marie Antoinette - The URI Theatre Department opens its 2023-24 season with David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette,” a contemporary look at the doomed queen that is full of fashion, fun and revolution.
Student/Alumni Profiles
Tony Award-winner Andrew Burnap ’13
Brooke Thomas - Brooke Thomas, a former theatre major with a concentration in acting, graduated in 1987 with a BFA. After graduating from URI, Thomas was able to move forward in the industry as a Casting Director, now with her own casting business.
Matt Hobin - Since graduating from URI in 2003, Matt Hobin has directed/produced over 100 hours of reality, docu-series and competition television shows, along with commercials, comedy shorts, webisodes, and low budget feature films. Currently Hobin is a freelance Executive Producer who also runs his own production company.
Eric Lutes - Television fans are likely to recognize Eric Lutes as Del Cassidy on Caroline in the City or Tom Duran on Frasier, or from one of his many guest appearances on other TV series. What they may not know is that he’s a Rhode Island native who grew up in Charlestown and got his BFA in Theatre at URI in 1991.
Anthony Luciano - Anthony Luciano, a 2001 graduate with a BFA in Acting and Directing, credits URI Theatre for helping him establish a sense of artistic and self-identity that led him to pursue an interest in Shakespeare, and teach wherever his work takes him.